Basalirwa Surname

82,910th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,840 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Basalirwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basalirwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5,8241:6,7031,173
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Basalirwa (45) may also be a first name.

Basalirwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Basalirwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Basalirwa is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Basalirwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 82,910th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,247,867 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Basalirwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Basalirwa is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 45 people.

Basalirwa is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 5,824 people, or 1 in 6,703. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Mayuge District, where 20 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 17 percent are found and Buyende District, where 9 percent are found. Besides Uganda Basalirwa is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Basalirwa
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